Improvement in corsets



@UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

E. HAMBUJER, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN CoRsETs.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, E. HAMBUJER, of Detroit, Wayne county, Michigan, have made a new and useful Improvement in Corsets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact. description of the nature, construction, and operation ofthe same, sufficient to enable one skilled in the art to which it appertains to construct and `use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are made part of this specification, and in which- Figure l represents a rear elevation ot' my improved corset as applied to theperson. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of a portion ot the same relaxed. Fig. 3 is a similar View, illustrating a modification in the manner of applying the whalebones. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section in the position shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a horizontal section in the position shown in Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The nature ot'my invention consists, first, in constructing corsets witha continuous back, so that when the lacings are drawn tight a lap or t'old will be formed underneath theeyelets and whaleboncs, serving to protect the back of thc wearer from chaiing or pressure f rom hard or uneven surfaces 5 second, in the combination otl skirt-supporting hooks with a corset, as hereinafter explained.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the corset, made continuously at a, where the rear opening occurs in corsets of com mon form. B B represent whaleboncs, which stiften the corset longitudinally in customary manner.

E E represent the two vertical ranges of lacing-eyelets, which may be located, both of them, between the bones B B, as in Fig. 3; or, if preferred, one range may be located between L representsthe lacing. The front of the corset is to be provided with the customary metallic loops and buttons for putting on andl oft' the lacings, heilig' employed only to adjust the garment to the proper size.

H H H represent hooks, over which the skirtstrings or suitable eyes or loops upon the waistband of the skirt may be passed, so as to support the skirt easily in proper position and avoid the necessity ot' drawing the strings tightly around the waist.

By the above-described improvements the clothing is made to tit with greater ease and neatness, a-nd the wearer entirely relieved from oppression therefrom.

Whether the eyelets are brought close together or not, all unpleasant pressure and chating from the lacings and all wrinliling of the under-garment are entirely avoided.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by .Letters `Patent, is- A l. A corset made substantially as herein described, with a continuous or connected back forming a lap or gore when the lacings are drawn to tighten the garment around the person.

2. In combination therewith, the skirt-supporting' hooks II H, arranged substantially as described.

E. IIAMBUJER.

Witnesses WV. F. HALL, 4 EDWARD H. KNIGHT. 

